Beautiful World, Where Are You
It’s hard to think of a literary phenomenon in my lifetime like Sally Rooney. When considering the biggest sensations that I can think of, I’m not sure any of them…
Master of None – ‘Dinner Party’
At the end of ‘Le Nozze’, the second episode of this season, Dev departed from Italy and his co-worker and friend Francesca was left looking conflicted and somewhat confused by…
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‘Master of None’ plunges head first into the world of dating apps in the all-too-real ‘First Date’
In June 2015, just a few months before the premiere of Master of None's first season, Aziz Ansari (along with sociologist Eric Klinenberg) released the non-fiction book Modern Romance: An…
‘Master of None’ keeps it simple, yet effective, in the first episode of this new season that feels reminiscent of season one
If Master of None had added nothing else to the landscape of current television (and it most certainly has added a great many things to television), then its constant representation…
‘Le Nozza’ Bridges the Gap Between Italy and America in anticipation of Dev’s inevitable return to New York
After ‘The Thief’ showed us how Dev can adapt to life without his usual technological crutches, Arnold arrives in Italy for a Buds Weekend and entices Dev back into the…
Master of None returns to Netflix as bold and unique as before
I saw myself in the crotch of this fig tree starving to death because I couldn’t figure out which fig to choose [...] choosing one meant losing all the rest…
Tiger Woods and the Dangerously Lazy Media ‘Narrative’ Game
There is no excuse for Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest yesterday. If you are on a prescription medication that may send you to sleep then even if you don’t have the…
Wild Horses might drag BoJack away in the season finale
I guess I’m just tryin’ to make you understand That I’m more horse than a man Or that I’m more man than a horse BOJACK! A herd of horses run…
A heartbreaking ending throws everything else into perspective in ‘That’s Too Much Man!’
When executed correctly, one of the most powerful things a piece of filmmaking can do is invert your ideas about what you have just seen as you reach the…
Breaking BoJack: An ‘Ozymandias’-like flashback in ‘Best Thing That Ever Happened’
“Don’t you break my heart, BoJack Horseman” BoJack Horseman sleeps next to Princess Carolyn after they have had sex. The year is 2007 and Princess Carolyn has been consoling BoJack…
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